Combination advertising-calendar and lead-pencil.



No. 642,829. Patented Feb. 6, |900.'

N. WETSUE.

COMBINATION ADVERTISING CALENDAR AND LEAD PENCIL.

(Application led Apr. 6, 1899.!

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NICHOLAS VETSUE, OF OGDEN, UTAH, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK L. SOOVILLE, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINATION ADVERTlSiNG-CALENDAR AND LEAD-PENCIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,829, dated February 6, 1900.

Application tiled April 6, 1899. Serial No. 711,920. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ wiz/0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS WETSUE, a citizen of theUnited States,residin g at Ogden, in the county of Weber and State of Utah, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Combination Advertising-Calendars and Lead-Pencils; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in advertising-pencils, and more particularly to that class having a `sleeve or casing in which is rolled a strip of paper, celluloid, or similar iiexible material adapted to contain a calendar, recipes, advertisements, and the like; and the object is to provide a simple, convenient, and inexpensive device of this character.

To this end the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts of the device, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and par-- ticularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings the same reference characters indicate the same parts of the invention.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved combination-pencil as it appears with the advertising-strip housed. Fig. 2 is a similar view; with the strip partially withdrawn to expose its contents. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the reverse side shown in Fig. V2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through the pencil.

l denotes a spindle formed with the cylindrical hubs 2 and 3, having the angular parallel shoulders 2 and 3.

4 denotes a sleeve or tube fixed on the hub 2 and formed with an external annular rib 4', and its outer end forms a socket to receive the lead-pencil 5, removably secured therein, so that the pencil may be reversed to protect its point when carried in the pocket or not in actual use. 6 denotes a second sleeve fixed on the hub 3 and likewise formed with an external annular rib 6', and its outer end forms a socket for the erasing-rubber plug 7.

8 denotes a strip of any suitable flexible fabric adapted to be printed upon both sides and having its inner end or edge fixed to the spindle l and`with its parallel edges within the spindle-shoulders 2 3.

9 denotes a cylindrical 'cover or casing loosely rotating on the inner ends of Vthe sleeves 4 and 6 between the guide-ribs 4' and 6' and formed with a longitudinal slit l0 to receive the projecting lip' I2 or tab of the strip 8.

Vhen it is desired to refer to the contents of the strip 8, the casing 9 is h'eld in one hand and by grasping the tab 12 with the other the strip may be unwound from the spindle and withdrawn through the slit l0. To return the strip or wind it on' the spindle, the casing is held as before, and with the other hand the pencil is rotated to the right, so as to wind the strip back again on the spindle.

The accompanying drawings show my invention in the bestform nowknown to me; but many changes in the details might be made within the skill of a good mechanic without departing from the spirit of my invention as set forth inthe claim at the end of this speciiication.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination, the spindle 1, formed with the alined hubs 2 and 3, the sleeve 4, encompassing the hub 2, and provided with the annular rib 4', the sleeve 6, encompassing the hub 3 and provided with the annular rib 6, the cylindrical casing 9, formed with the longitudinal slit l0, and encompassing the spindie and having a bearing on the hubs 2 and 3 between the annular ribs 4 6 and the flexible strip 8, having its inner end fixed to the spindle and its free end projecting through said slit in the casing, substantially as shown Witnesses:

E. E. STEVENS, II. L. BowLER.

NICHOLAS wETsUE. i 

